| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | |
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| Directed by | Mal St. Clair |
| Written by | Anita Loos and John Emerson (scenario) Anita Loos and Herman Mankiewicz (titles) |
| Based on | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1925 novella by Anita Loos Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1926 play by John Emerson |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Ruth Taylor Alice White |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | Jane Loring William Shea |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes 7 reels (6,871 ft) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Mal St. Clair, co-written by Anita Loos based on her 1925 novel, and released by Paramount Pictures. No copies are known to exist, and it is now considered to be a lost film.[1][2][3][4] The Broadway version Gentlemen Prefer Blondes starring Carol Channing as Lorelei Lee was mounted in 1949. It was remade into the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw and Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in 1953, directed by Howard Hawks.[5]
- ^ Thompson, Frank T. (March 1996). Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared. Carol Publishing Corporation. pp. 12–18. ISBN 978-0-8065-1604-2.
- ^ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at silentera.com database
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- ^ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted ..Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ^ Dwyer, 1996 p. 210: Filmography